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Effects of soft-drinks and remineralising treatment on teeth assessed by morphological and quantitative X-ray investigations

Authors:

  • C. Bertoldi
    Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with Transplant Surgery, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine RelevanceUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
  • A. Lucchi
    Private Practice, Modena Italy
  • D. Zaffe
    Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

ABSTRACT


Aim

To morphologically and chemical-physically analyse both the surface and the subsurface of enamel undergoing soft-
drink demineralisation and remineralisation treatment.

Methods

Fifteen human premolars were split and
immersed in saline or three popular soft drinks, as demineralising agent, 15 minutes per day, for seven days at room temperature. Half
of drink-processed teeth was then treated with casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate, as remineralising agent, for an
additional seven days. The surface morphology was evaluated by stereomicroscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Teeth
were then re-embedded and sectioned, and analysed under SEM and X-ray microprobe.

Results

Drink-processed teeth showed
root pigmentation, opacification and deterioration of the superficial enamel. The enamel surface resulted greatly furrowed after drink
processing, and apparently restored after remineralising treatment. However, in tooth sections, SEM showed always a subsurface
demineralisation of dentine and enamel, in particular at the cementoenamel junction, also after reminalising treatment. The
remineralising agent produced a partial remineralisation of the subsurface enamel, sometimes statistically significant, but not in
hydroxyapatite stoichiometry.

Conclusion

Soft-drink erosion impaired not only the surface but also the subsurface enamel. The
applied remineralising treatment, yielding some effects on surface and subsurface enamel reversing basically the decalcification
process.

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Publication date:

Dec /2015

Keywords:

dental hard tissues, remineralisation, sem, soft drink demineralisation, x-ray microanalysis

Issue:

Vol.16 – n.4/2015

Page:

263 – 271

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Topic:

Prevention and lifestyle

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Harvard: C. Bertoldi, A. Lucchi, D. Zaffe (2015) "Effects of soft-drinks and remineralising treatment on teeth assessed by morphological and quantitative X-ray investigations", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 16(4), pp263-271. doi: https://www.ejpd.eu/wp-content/uploads/pdf/EJPD_2015_4_1.pdf
Vancouver: C. Bertoldi, A. Lucchi, D. Zaffe. Effects of soft-drinks and remineralising treatment on teeth assessed by morphological and quantitative X-ray investigations. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2015Dec.1 [cited 2023Jun.04];16(4):263-271. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/effects-of-soft-drinks-and-remineralising-treatment-on-teeth-assessed-by-morphological-and-quantitative-x-ray-investigations/
MLA: C. Bertoldi, A. Lucchi, D. Zaffe Effects of soft-drinks and remineralising treatment on teeth assessed by morphological and quantitative X-ray investigations. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2015;16(4):263-271

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